It is seven years since swathes of Liverpudlians descended on Istanbul for their European Cup win over Milan, and some adopted scousers have obviously heard such wondrous tales about the Turkish city that they have been duped into leaving for Europe's eastern frontier. The former Everton defender Joseph Yobo has spent the past two seasons on loan at Fenerbahce and is set to sign a permanent deal, Dirk Kuyt has followed in the Nigerian's footsteps and now John Heitinga could be on his way as well. Heitinga, whose contract expired next summer, could be sold to Fener for £5m, with David Moyes looking for funds to secure the arrival of Steven Pienaar.

Merseyside seems to be providing much of the Mill's fodder this summer, and Joe Allen's name has been bandied about once again with Liverpool ready to make the Swansea midfielder their second signing since Brendan Rodgers took charge. Don't be fooled by the soft, soothing tones of the Northern Irishman, who "promised" not to take any Swansea players to Anfield for 12 months after he switched allegiances. Liverpool are ready to trigger a £15m release clause in Allen's contract that allows him to leave for one of the PROPER BIG clubs in the Premier League.

More movement in the north-west could see the promising youngster Raheem Sterling depart Liverpool on a season-long loan to QPR, with Rodgers keen for the winger to get a taste of first-team football.

Luka Modric's Tottenham exit looked to have accelerated on Tuesday night with Paris St-Germain willing to stump up the desired £40m fee for the Croat, and Spurs have made fresh inquiries about two players for when Modric finally departs. Shakhtar Donetsk's Willian, no not that guy, is reportedly available for £19.5m while Moussa Dembélé, who was mightily impressive at Fulham last season, could be on his way across London for £15m. Spurs are still stalling on Emmanuel Adebayor's quite reasonable £150,000-a-week wage demands.

The clock is ticking for clubs wanting to snaffle Demba Ba at a cut price, as the Newcastle striker's release clause is set to double at the beginning of August. Ba will be offered £95,000 a week to join Rubin Kazan but he should be warned that the Russians have never even heard of strawberry syrup.

Milan scouts were so impressed with Carlos Tevez's bag-carrying skills at the Open that they want him to become the official Rossoneri caddy, and are set to offer Filippo Inzaghi a contract to become a youth coach at San Siro, putting to bed rumours of a possible switch to Watford. Internazionale, meanwhile, have made an offer of £6.5m for the Manchester City full-back Aleksandar Kolarov.

Southampton are going to bolster their bid to stay in the top flight next season by signing Blackburn's Scott Dann, a defender who has been relegated twice from the Premier League in the past two years.

Wigan's Roberto Martínez looks like winning the battle for the Real Mallorca centre-back Ivan Ramis, fending off interest from Everton, Sunderland, Aston Villa, with Villa ready to add the Ipswich Town defender Aaron Cresswell to their ranks for £3.5m.